Bible Dictionaries
Confraternity
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(Latin: con, together; frater, brother)
A brotherhood; a guild; a sodality; in canon law, a voluntary association of the faithful, established and guided by competent ecclesiastical authority for the promotion of special works of Christian charity or piety.
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Entry for 'Confraternity'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/confraternity.html. 1910.